The Kennedy Detail: JFK's Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence PDF
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The KENNEDY DETAIL Agents Win Lawson, Jerry Blaine, Bob Burke, and Sam Sulliman scan the crowd during a motorcade in Ireland. (PHOTOGRAPH BY CECIL STOUGHTON, WHITE HOUSE, JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM, BOSTON) Gallery Books A Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 www.SimonandSchuster.com Copyright © 2010 by Gerald S. Blaine and Lisa McCubbin All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information address Gallery Books Subsidiary Rights Department, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 First Gallery Books hardcover edition November 2010 GALLERY BOOKS and colophon are trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc. For information about special discounts for bulk purchases, please contact Simon & Schuster Special Sales at 1-866-506-1949 or [email protected]. The Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau can bring authors to your live event. For more information or to book an event contact the Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau at 1-866-248-3049 or visit our website at www.simonspeakers.com. Designed by Jaime Putorti Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Blaine, Gerald. The Kennedy detail : JFK’s secret service agents break their silence / Gerald Blaine with Lisa McCubbin. — 1st Gallery Books hardcover ed. p. cm. Includes index. 1. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917–1963—Assassination. 2. United States. Secret Service—Officials and employees—Biography. I. McCubbin, Lisa. II. Title. E842.9.B545 2010 973.922092—dc22 2010038035 ISBN 978-1-4391-9296-2 ISBN 978-1-4391-9304-4 (ebook) This book is dedicated to the agents who served on the Kennedy Secret Service White House Detail and their wives and families whose lives were dramatically, yet silently, impacted by the events described in this book, and to all Special Agents of the United States Secret Service dedicated to the mission of protecting our country’s leaders. CONTENTS Prologue by Gerald Blaine Foreword by Clint Hill Introduction: When Time Stood Still PART ONE: THE MEN 1 On the Detail 2 The President-Elect Detail 3 The Threats 4 The Advance 5 The Risks 6 The First Lady’s Detail PART TWO: THE JOB 7 The Summer of ’63 8 The Reelection Campaign 9 Rising Tensions 10 Texas PART THREE: THAT DAY 11 The Final Hours 12 Six Seconds in Dallas 13 Breakdown
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